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AFC Telford United are set to run the rule over promising former West Brom midfielder Dwayne Samuels in tonight’s pre-season friendly at Shifnal Town (7.30pm).

A proposed new tax which could have made rural barn conversions unsustainable in Shropshire is to be dropped.

Defender Ian Sharps was today named as Shrewsbury Town captain for 2010-11 – as Graham Turner’s side prepare for tonight’s visit of Coventry.

Two men had to be physically restrained from attacking another man at a family day out in Shropshire after he spat at a stand manned by the charity Help for Heroes, it was claimed today.

A 63-year-old Shropshire man who kept an illegal gun and ammunition in a bedroom drawer at his home has been jailed for four years.

A classic design has been unveiled for this season’s new Shrewsbury Town kit to mark the 125th anniversary of the club.

Supermarket giant Tesco has vowed to resubmit an application for a store in Tenbury Wells.

Plans to cut car parking charges in Church Stretton, or even abolish them altogether, are to be discussed by town councillors tonight.

British Olympic hero Sir Chris Hoy was today due to put a prestigious new London 2012 venue to the test with exactly two years to go until the start of the Games.

Up to 2,000 people are expected to cheer on Shropshire minnows The New Saints as they bid to tame Belgian Champions Anderlecht, in their historic Champions League clash tonight.

A developer has unveiled fresh plans for homes on a field in Market Drayton just months after he withdrew a controversial bid for another housing scheme in the face of widespread opposition.

Controversial plans to transport windfarm lorries through a Powys town have been scrapped, it was revealed today.

A private school in a Shropshire village has been forced to close with the loss of about 12 jobs after a last-ditch bid to find extra funding failed.

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Plans to twin Shrewsbury with the islands where Charles Darwin first got the ideas for his ground-breaking theory of evolution have been ditched as it would cost too much, a councillor said today.

A woman in her 50s had to be cut free from a car after it crashed with a tractor on a country lane in north Shropshire.

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A Shropshire nursing home threatened with closure is on the brink of being saved as bosses expect a deal to be completed, it was revealed today.

For baby bird Sasha it is a case of “owl always love you” as the bundle of fluff has become devoted to Shropshire sisters who helped to raise her.

A Shropshire MP who labelled a county train service the “sardine express” due to severe overcrowding has called on government ministers to impose a legal limit on the number of passengers who can travel in any one carriage.

Backpacks have been fitted to cows in Shropshire to help monitor how much methane they emit.

Bosses behind a controversial coal mining development near Telford have been urged to make sure there are “local jobs for local people”.

Recession-hit jobseekers are losing out on securing roles because of their body language in interviews.

Rural crime across the West Midlands, including Shropshire, is on the rise, a survey published today has suggested.

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A new permanent £20,000 CCTV camera to combat anti-social behaviour in an area of Shrewsbury is being trialled this week ahead of it going “live”.

Oswestry’s retail “revival” will be put at risk if councillors approve plans for a multi-million pound supermarket, campaigners claimed today. Councillors will decide on Thursday which one of four bids gets the go-ahead.

Wellington are celebrating “one of their best ever Birmingham League victories” after a thrilling one-run triumph at Himley.

A motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries from a three-vehicle crash near Whitchurch in one of a spate of crashes across the region.